Some of us who have moved abroad had to because living in the USA was too expensve. I am now 10 years in Latin America and cannot envision myself ever returning to the USA. True. some folks just cannot seem to really integrate, but some of us can and we enjoy our lives. I have lots of local friends who also look out for me much more than any firends or neighbors in the USA.
Same everywhere. I've lived many places in the US. Some places neighbors were great, other places I never knew a neighbor's name. Move 2 blocks away and different experience. Glad you found a good place but that's unrelated to what country you're in.
That's why we make these videos to prepare people through real information, not the candy coat information that is so prevalent this day and age. Thanks for watching.
Hello from Costa Rica 🇨🇷 I have found my slice of paradise here and after 26 years of coming here I have decided that it is my happy place. Fortunately I invested early and can afford it. I’m fluent in Spanish.
Perfect. I've lived many places and hated each for the first couple months. Then I adapt and end up hating to move away. When people say a place is bad generally it tells me more about them than the place. No country has all good places or all bad.
Before living abroad, I’ve learned to be aware of many reasons others have given up being an expat. Issues they’ve encountered, understanding my tolerance levels being a veteran, living abroad before, adapting and wondering what trade offs am I getting for a benefit, if it’s really that bad. Also realizing I’ve met others that are benefiting living abroad and enjoying it, compared to those who are not after awhile. In the US, I could never own a home where I’d like to, and I’m not settling anywhere. Some prefer isolaion, some prefer not. Some only travel mostly within the same region, some prefer other continents. Moving to Medellin next week with my partner from Cali. She still works, but travels through the region so that’s a chance for me to explore an unexpected location. I understand it’s not cheap in certain cities abroad. The place we’re moving in is a 3 bedroom 4 bath. It’s $880, but still $900 cheaper than I use to pay in Maryland. The traffic is crazy but the roads are better there than Cali. I’d rather pay a little more for comforts, in a growing city where I could possibly purchase something and still be in the city. I like having people around. Food is still way cheaper and healthier than in the USA when it comes to going out to eat. I saved $2500 per month after leaving the DC area after retirement 2 years ago, I can’t imagine paying that much more again for less of a lifestyle, less travel, less dining, less events, more gas. Which is $32 a fill up here, but $66 in the US or more, or can take a Uber which is way cheaper than in the US. I think comfort levels and what you expect outside of your home makes a difference. If I was to stay at home mostly I would prefer to be in the United States. I want to explore some of the world. It’s very difficult to do that there unless I owned my home. Maybe one day from saving here I may want to purchase something back home, but I highly doubt it, but who knows. I don’t want to just go to only cheap locations, or only two times a year. I think it can boil down to if you plan to spend more time at home, or outside of your home.
I've found a way that works for me. Work half the year at a seasonal job in a national park in the US, then spend the other half of the year traveling and experiencing new places around the world. I get to experience some amazing and beautiful parts of the US, save money over the summer/fall months, then get to scratch my travel itch. I can see family in a few places in the states while I'm working there. I know it can be challenging living overseas for the long term. I lived and taught English in South Korea and Shanghai, and this gave me a sense for what it might be like to be an expat for a few years. I'm enjoying the flexibility I have now with this nomadic life. For anyone considering moving overseas, I recommend taking exploratory trips, and spending a few months in a place you're interested in. It's the only way to know for sure if it's the right move for you
This is why I prefer living in Colombia, but traveling outside of the continent. I prefer Europe, and Asia, and take part in experiences, and activities. My partner travels for work within South America so I tag along to explore here automatically since I’m retired. My play ground is the rest of the world. Of course I would not be happy just exploring the same region all the time. To me that’s like only traveling within the USA, to many familiar things. I also rather not travel as often. But just enjoy local friends on a daily basis and family. Going to often can burn you out.
Lived in Costa Rica for 8 years ,I was robbed many times and beat up by 4 people and ended up with a major operation I had to go to the U.S. for surgery. I called the police and the people said I tried to rob there house and I was arrested. I was always waiting for a home invasion two friends had home invasion. I had my home for sale for two years prior and I was willing to walk away and lose my money so I could get out of Costa Rica. I was lucky and someone bought it cheap. I will never step foot and that country again. You are correct in everything you said, but I will not return to the US. I live in another central American country now same problems but now I stay low to the ground almost unnoticeable, but I find it better than living in the United States.
Good morning. sorry you had to go through all that. Yes, Americans are targets in Latin America, keeping a low profile helps but doesn't keep you safe all the time, it just depends on your situation. I hope it all works out for you. Take care!
Getting robbed many times and beat up and arrested for that is better than living in the US??? Was the beating a lot of head blows? In live in Phoenix and all summer I keep my 3 exterior doors and windows open. No security doors. A person could walk right in. Risky for sure, but no problem in 14 years. The US is a large country. There are bad places. Plenty of horrible places in Phoenix. I just don't choose to live there. No idea why Americans live in central and south America. Way too unstable for me. And to actually buy property?
I met a native Costa Rican in a USA nail salon, and she said it was too dangerous, don't go. She stopped going home to visit due to crimes. She said her family couldn't leave their homes without someone breaking in. Should I believe her?
I was interested in full time travel but quickly saw Tubers dropping out after 3 years. 13 years is a good run. Some Tubers seem forced to try to keep traveling to keep YT money coming in. I've had a similar issue. I like moving every 7 years or so. Lived in NY, FL, Germany, TX, AK, CA, AZ. Was looking for a new area in the US for my next move and found "I've already experienced that. So now planning a move to SE Asia, find a good woman and have kids. A new experience for me. I retired 22 years ago at 45, funded mostly by slow flipping my house. A fun hobby for me. I do all the work myself. Working on house #4 now. Because slow I get use almost all salvaged material. Right now making kitchen cabinets out of furniture people toss out. 3/4" high grade plywood oak veneer on both side is better material than most "high quality" cabinets have. Make my own exterior doors too by cutting up free tossed doors which included solid mahogany and oak.
There are a lot of people who eventually return to their home countries for various reasons. As for us we returned to Surrey BC for an extended stay through what should be the warmer months to visit family and friends as well as the fact that my father at 100 years old wasn't going to last long. Right now we're 3 months in and with 3 months to go before our flight back to the Philippines and I'm counting down the weeks and days till we can return to our condo back there. Canada is awful right now with extreme costs of living, woke culture, poor health care and high crime with so many homeless and drug addicts all over the place. Canada has been flushed down the toilet, while the Philippines is on it's way up, .... at least in the more developed areas. Of course owning our condo in our Philippine city is a huge plus as there is always some improvement we can make, and it really does make where we chose to retire feel like home.
PH on it's way up? OK, sure, but slower than a carabao in 3' deep mud. Bananas are the same price here in Phoenix AZ as in PH. Eggs, chicken, etc.. same.
I am feeling bored in the USA since I am renting. No project to be done. And I am not working. But I had a really bad experience with a townhome in CA and terrified of another house full of expensive problems.
Life here will be boring after awhile when friends and family aren't around. Making "friends" when you're older isn't easy. Kinda like high school cliques over again. Acquaintances are easy to come by but people have their "tribes" after retirement. After you see the famous sites it seems to boil down to eating, shopping and exercising, maybe. And if you don't have money it's not as "cheap" as people claim. It's all relative. I had a job where I would only stay for 24 hours or so and I learned to pack in a lot during that time so eventually when I went somewhere for longer I was disinterested. Mexico has great food but it's basically same tortilla, different meat...unless you like tongue and intestines and crickets. You are a couple, you can entertain eachother. An elderly, single person of modest means...well... Enjoy your life here although it ain't what it used to be....
The one thing I dislike about living in south America is that your always considered an outsider and everyone always thinks your rich . In the USA nobody is ever considered an outsider
This is not a South American thing but, happens éverywhere.. People are afraid of changes and, by moving there, you are a change in the lives of the locals and, it takes time and hard work to be accepted.....part of life!!!
I agree with what you say and you are right, people don't want to hear it. I think if people accept that the lustre might wear off and to plan accordingly.
Most people won't accept that idea because they haven't experienced it yet. But we do hear what you're saying...and it's always good to think of the "what ifs" in life. Thanks for watching and sharing.
Bored? I was bored when I was working, I was bored when I retired, I’m bored over here sometimes. Some days it is what it is. But I also have days I’m doing something and not bored. People need to get out of South America because that’s what this seems to be about most. Most people here do speak Spanish. I don’t hear too many people mentioning things like this in Asia or Europe as much.
I`m banned now from traveling to the US for 10 years and I wouldn`t care if it would be life long, asking for asylum bc. of political persecution at the airport made me to a heavy criminal in their eyes in just a few seconds, and I experienced hell on earth media is silent about. I met people in the food deprivating Stewart detention center who waited already 14 months in detention on fulfilling of their asylum process. I just wanted out there, but they refused my wish to travel back with my return ticket, a breaking of law USCS $ 1225, they forced me to wait in detention over five weeks to tell the immigration judge my wish to withdraw my asylum application and be deported. A bed neighbour there with mexican background grew up in the US, lived there over 20 years, had a job and a child with US-citizenship, very intelligent, not a criminal, just because he had 0.8 promille alcohol at driving they took away his legal residency and threw him into this detention as well. I all the time thought whether I landed in North Korea, my last day was in Graham, a black woman cried like a baby, and I understood her feelings. This hate against people is not that of a democracy, I just wanted to be far away from this country, all Latin people in the detention told me that in their countries they don`t throw people so easily into detention and deprive them of their life.
@@HMFamilyLife just you wait Frank when your county tax assessor goes back to see that dump you bought be transformed into the beautiful , single family, gold star, better homes and gardens gem you bought! Shoot, every sq ft will be reassessed and get ready for the WOOPER of a tax bill that you will get! If you invested in California and I believe that you did I give you one year in your home after it's fixed up and I would be surprised you'll have it on the real estate market in less than a year ready to pull up your tent pegs and move to a very affordable southern state like Arkansas. The taxman drains your life were ever you live
@@Preacherboy49 I live in Phoenix AZ. I slow flip houses. Current house bought 2009 and my yearly prop tax has increased from $1300 to $1660. Seems reasonable to me. Buying a house does not adjust tax to the price paid. New owner pays the same as the old owner did. Every property is assessed the same way based on size and location. Finishes don't matter. Where a person chooses to live matters. I lived and worked in San Jose CA, went through a couple earthquakes. Fine place to live but prop tax was high and earthquakes made insurance high. Moved to Phoenix when retired, 2 birds, 1 stone. Hail is about the only risk here and that easy to deal with.
Interesting POV, we gain and lose interest quickly. You guys are good at life philosophy, and DIY cost control. But you must have some income. What is it and where does it come from?
You probably should watch some of our FIRE videos but anyway, have you ever heard of financial privacy, especially when you have thousands of eyes watching your videos. I don't mean anything bad by this, it's for instruction and informational purposes only, you seem like a really nice person, but you're the guy that's going to get robbed when you move to a foreign country. Be careful with what you allow strangers to know about your private business. Thank you for watching and blessings to you.
After at least 13 years in Ecuador and other Latin America countries, you couldn't understand and speak Spanish and understand everything that was said? You should be fluent after thirteen years of full immersion. The price gouging and crime is depressing, though, for sure, especially if you are a target for crime. I am surprised at your change of opinion, though. You had seemed completely integrated in Ecuador, at one time.
Who said we didn't speak Spanish? I don't think you understand the video. Frank was already speaking Spanish at the Mercados after three months to be able to negotiate and get the local price. We knew Spanish and preferred to speak only Spanish with the locals. Yes, we were completely integrated into society living on a local level that's because we wanted the authentic experience and we maintained that throughout our 8 years of living in Ecuador.
Tubers are in the business of making money. When they have a travel channel they have to tell viewers what they want to hear. That's just reality. Tubers will of course give a bunch of altruistic reasons...but viewers demand that too. There are a few expat Tubers who for years said Ecuador was great, told people to buy property, then pretty quietly decided to try another country for "a change". Now telling anyone willing to listen how great their new place is and everyone should buy property there. There are also many Tubers who have never even been in the country they push. They just use video clips they find online or buy. Easy, lots of viewers.
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Some of us who have moved abroad had to because living in the USA was too expensve. I am now 10 years in Latin America and cannot envision myself ever returning to the USA. True. some folks just cannot seem to really integrate, but some of us can and we enjoy our lives. I have lots of local friends who also look out for me much more than any firends or neighbors in the USA.
Excellent. thank you for sharing that; yes, there are some expats that stay abroad and you're an example of that. Take care and enjoy!
Same everywhere. I've lived many places in the US. Some places neighbors were great, other places I never knew a neighbor's name. Move 2 blocks away and different experience. Glad you found a good place but that's unrelated to what country you're in.
I have been in Mexico living off grid in the forest for 20 years. Best place I have ever lived. Never snows. Never hot or muggy. Nice people.
Hi, I agree with everything you said, we have been in Belize for 3 years and everything you describe is true. Thanks for sharing.
That's why we make these videos to prepare people through real information, not the candy coat information that is so prevalent this day and age. Thanks for watching.
Hello from Costa Rica 🇨🇷 I have found my slice of paradise here and after 26 years of coming here I have decided that it is my happy place. Fortunately I invested early and can afford it. I’m fluent in Spanish.
Being fluent in Spanish helps a lot, doesn't it? Thank you for sharing your great experience abroad. Take care!
Perfect. I've lived many places and hated each for the first couple months. Then I adapt and end up hating to move away. When people say a place is bad generally it tells me more about them than the place. No country has all good places or all bad.
Before living abroad, I’ve learned to be aware of many reasons others have given up being an expat. Issues they’ve encountered, understanding my tolerance levels being a veteran, living abroad before, adapting and wondering what trade offs am I getting for a benefit, if it’s really that bad. Also realizing I’ve met others that are benefiting living abroad and enjoying it, compared to those who are not after awhile. In the US, I could never own a home where I’d like to, and I’m not settling anywhere. Some prefer isolaion, some prefer not. Some only travel mostly within the same region, some prefer other continents. Moving to Medellin next week with my partner from Cali. She still works, but travels through the region so that’s a chance for me to explore an unexpected location. I understand it’s not cheap in certain cities abroad. The place we’re moving in is a 3 bedroom 4 bath. It’s $880, but still $900 cheaper than I use to pay in Maryland. The traffic is crazy but the roads are better there than Cali. I’d rather pay a little more for comforts, in a growing city where I could possibly purchase something and still be in the city. I like having people around. Food is still way cheaper and healthier than in the USA when it comes to going out to eat. I saved $2500 per month after leaving the DC area after retirement 2 years ago, I can’t imagine paying that much more again for less of a lifestyle, less travel, less dining, less events, more gas. Which is $32 a fill up here, but $66 in the US or more, or can take a Uber which is way cheaper than in the US. I think comfort levels and what you expect outside of your home makes a difference. If I was to stay at home mostly I would prefer to be in the United States. I want to explore some of the world. It’s very difficult to do that there unless I owned my home. Maybe one day from saving here I may want to purchase something back home, but I highly doubt it, but who knows. I don’t want to just go to only cheap locations, or only two times a year. I think it can boil down to if you plan to spend more time at home, or outside of your home.
thanks for watching and sharing,
Now your just going to be price gouged by your own country!
LOL...!! That's a good one!
At least we _know_ when we get screwed by our own ... 💸 😉👌
@@jamescalifornia2964 "our own" is an interesting concept.
I've found a way that works for me. Work half the year at a seasonal job in a national park in the US, then spend the other half of the year traveling and experiencing new places around the world. I get to experience some amazing and beautiful parts of the US, save money over the summer/fall months, then get to scratch my travel itch. I can see family in a few places in the states while I'm working there. I know it can be challenging living overseas for the long term. I lived and taught English in South Korea and Shanghai, and this gave me a sense for what it might be like to be an expat for a few years. I'm enjoying the flexibility I have now with this nomadic life. For anyone considering moving overseas, I recommend taking exploratory trips, and spending a few months in a place you're interested in. It's the only way to know for sure if it's the right move for you
Nice lifestyle! Thanks for sharing. Take care!
This is why I prefer living in Colombia, but traveling outside of the continent. I prefer Europe, and Asia, and take part in experiences, and activities. My partner travels for work within South America so I tag along to explore here automatically since I’m retired. My play ground is the rest of the world. Of course I would not be happy just exploring the same region all the time. To me that’s like only traveling within the USA, to many familiar things. I also rather not travel as often. But just enjoy local friends on a daily basis and family. Going to often can burn you out.
Lived in Costa Rica for 8 years ,I was robbed many times and beat up by 4 people and ended up with a major operation I had to go to the U.S. for surgery. I called the police and the people said I tried to rob there house and I was arrested. I was always waiting for a home invasion two friends had home invasion. I had my home for sale for two years prior and I was willing to walk away and lose my money so I could get out of Costa Rica. I was lucky and someone bought it cheap. I will never step foot and that country again. You are correct in everything you said, but I will not return to the US. I live in another central American country now same problems but now I stay low to the ground almost unnoticeable, but I find it better than living in the United States.
Good morning. sorry you had to go through all that. Yes, Americans are targets in Latin America, keeping a low profile helps but doesn't keep you safe all the time, it just depends on your situation. I hope it all works out for you. Take care!
Getting robbed many times and beat up and arrested for that is better than living in the US??? Was the beating a lot of head blows? In live in Phoenix and all summer I keep my 3 exterior doors and windows open. No security doors. A person could walk right in. Risky for sure, but no problem in 14 years. The US is a large country. There are bad places. Plenty of horrible places in Phoenix. I just don't choose to live there.
No idea why Americans live in central and south America. Way too unstable for me. And to actually buy property?
Where in Costa Rica?
I met a native Costa Rican in a USA nail salon, and she said it was too dangerous, don't go. She stopped going home to visit due to crimes. She said her family couldn't leave their homes without someone breaking in. Should I believe her?
So so so true. I am still abroad but can't wait to be back home. Travel sounds terrible. 😂😂
LOL....!!!! I know, I know.
I was interested in full time travel but quickly saw Tubers dropping out after 3 years. 13 years is a good run. Some Tubers seem forced to try to keep traveling to keep YT money coming in.
I've had a similar issue. I like moving every 7 years or so. Lived in NY, FL, Germany, TX, AK, CA, AZ. Was looking for a new area in the US for my next move and found "I've already experienced that. So now planning a move to SE Asia, find a good woman and have kids. A new experience for me.
I retired 22 years ago at 45, funded mostly by slow flipping my house. A fun hobby for me. I do all the work myself. Working on house #4 now. Because slow I get use almost all salvaged material. Right now making kitchen cabinets out of furniture people toss out. 3/4" high grade plywood oak veneer on both side is better material than most "high quality" cabinets have. Make my own exterior doors too by cutting up free tossed doors which included solid mahogany and oak.
Amen to that!. I been in East Asia for 7 months!. Ready to go back home to America soon!. I`ll be going home in December.
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There are a lot of people who eventually return to their home countries for various reasons. As for us we returned to Surrey BC for an extended stay through what should be the warmer months to visit family and friends as well as the fact that my father at 100 years old wasn't going to last long. Right now we're 3 months in and with 3 months to go before our flight back to the Philippines and I'm counting down the weeks and days till we can return to our condo back there. Canada is awful right now with extreme costs of living, woke culture, poor health care and high crime with so many homeless and drug addicts all over the place. Canada has been flushed down the toilet, while the Philippines is on it's way up, .... at least in the more developed areas. Of course owning our condo in our Philippine city is a huge plus as there is always some improvement we can make, and it really does make where we chose to retire feel like home.
Sounds wonderful! thanks for watching and sharing. Take care.
PH on it's way up? OK, sure, but slower than a carabao in 3' deep mud. Bananas are the same price here in Phoenix AZ as in PH. Eggs, chicken, etc.. same.
I am feeling bored in the USA since I am renting. No project to be done. And I am not working. But I had a really bad experience with a townhome in CA and terrified of another house full of expensive problems.
Yes, we hear you there. Thank you for watching and sharing today. Take care.
Move to Mexico, it is very good here.
you guys are a Gem.
😀😀
Life here will be boring after awhile when friends and family aren't around. Making "friends" when you're older isn't easy. Kinda like high school cliques over again. Acquaintances are easy to come by but people have their "tribes" after retirement.
After you see the famous sites it seems to boil down to eating, shopping and exercising, maybe. And if you don't have money it's not as "cheap" as people claim. It's all relative.
I had a job where I would only stay for 24 hours or so and I learned to pack in a lot during that time so eventually when I went somewhere for longer I was disinterested.
Mexico has great food but it's basically same tortilla, different meat...unless you like tongue and intestines and crickets.
You are a couple, you can entertain eachother. An elderly, single person of modest means...well...
Enjoy your life here although it ain't what it used to be....
Not everything is not perfect, everything is a balancing test.
exactly
The one thing I dislike about living in south America is that your always considered an outsider and everyone always thinks your rich . In the USA nobody is ever considered an outsider
Yes, thanks for watching and commenting today.
This is not a South American thing but, happens éverywhere.. People are afraid of changes and, by moving there, you are a change in the lives of the locals and, it takes time and hard work to be accepted.....part of life!!!
@@Jetmab04 Yes, you got that right. 😀blessings!
I agree with what you say and you are right, people don't want to hear it. I think if people accept that the lustre might wear off and to plan accordingly.
Most people won't accept that idea because they haven't experienced it yet. But we do hear what you're saying...and it's always good to think of the "what ifs" in life. Thanks for watching and sharing.
Bored? I was bored when I was working, I was bored when I retired, I’m bored over here sometimes. Some days it is what it is. But I also have days I’m doing something and not bored. People need to get out of South America because that’s what this seems to be about most. Most people here do speak Spanish. I don’t hear too many people mentioning things like this in Asia or Europe as much.
Nice to hear an alternative to what I know is not realistic, life is not always better away from home.
It can be when you're still in the honeymoon phase but we know that wears off. lol....Thanks for being here today and sharing. Blessings.
Unless of course a person can make another country their "home". I've lived many places in the US and outside...where's "my home"?
I`m banned now from traveling to the US for 10 years and I wouldn`t care if it would be life long, asking for asylum bc. of political persecution at the airport made me to a heavy criminal in their eyes in just a few seconds, and I experienced hell on earth media is silent about. I met people in the food deprivating Stewart detention center who waited already 14 months in detention on fulfilling of their asylum process. I just wanted out there, but they refused my wish to travel back with my return ticket, a breaking of law USCS $ 1225, they forced me to wait in detention over five weeks to tell the immigration judge my wish to withdraw my asylum application and be deported.
A bed neighbour there with mexican background grew up in the US, lived there over 20 years, had a job and a child with US-citizenship, very intelligent, not a criminal, just because he had 0.8 promille alcohol at driving they took away his legal residency and threw him into this detention as well. I all the time thought whether I landed in North Korea, my last day was in Graham, a black woman cried like a baby, and I understood her feelings. This hate against people is not that of a democracy, I just wanted to be far away from this country, all Latin people in the detention told me that in their countries they don`t throw people so easily into detention and deprive them of their life.
🎉 Welcome to America 🇺🇸 ✨️
Thanks!
Price gouged equally as much if not more in states, exploitation and greed are built into the egoic thought system of humanity where ever one exists
Yes, it happens everywhere.
We live in Portugal and can totally relate to your #1 reason!
Thanks for watching and sharing. Take care.
Are your kids still in Ecuador?
Yes, our oldest son lives in Ecuador.
crime? do you realize how much crime in usa has increased
how do you like property taxes and insurance there.
Everything is not always about money. BTW, our property taxes are very low.
@@HMFamilyLife just you wait Frank when your county tax assessor goes back to see that dump you bought be transformed into the beautiful , single family, gold star, better homes and gardens gem you bought! Shoot, every sq ft will be reassessed and get ready for the WOOPER of a tax bill that you will get! If you invested in California and I believe that you did I give you one year in your home after it's fixed up and I would be surprised you'll have it on the real estate market in less than a year ready to pull up your tent pegs and move to a very affordable southern state like Arkansas. The taxman drains your life were ever you live
@@Preacherboy49 let’s hope not but you may be right.
@@Preacherboy49 I live in Phoenix AZ. I slow flip houses. Current house bought 2009 and my yearly prop tax has increased from $1300 to $1660. Seems reasonable to me. Buying a house does not adjust tax to the price paid. New owner pays the same as the old owner did. Every property is assessed the same way based on size and location. Finishes don't matter. Where a person chooses to live matters. I lived and worked in San Jose CA, went through a couple earthquakes. Fine place to live but prop tax was high and earthquakes made insurance high. Moved to Phoenix when retired, 2 birds, 1 stone. Hail is about the only risk here and that easy to deal with.
Interesting POV, we gain and lose interest quickly. You guys are good at life philosophy, and DIY cost control. But you must have some income. What is it and where does it come from?
You probably should watch some of our FIRE videos but anyway, have you ever heard of financial privacy, especially when you have thousands of eyes watching your videos. I don't mean anything bad by this, it's for instruction and informational purposes only, you seem like a really nice person, but you're the guy that's going to get robbed when you move to a foreign country. Be careful with what you allow strangers to know about your private business. Thank you for watching and blessings to you.
@@HMFamilyLife good advice
After at least 13 years in Ecuador and other Latin America countries, you couldn't understand and speak Spanish and understand everything that was said? You should be fluent after thirteen years of full immersion. The price gouging and crime is depressing, though, for sure, especially if you are a target for crime. I am surprised at your change of opinion, though. You had seemed completely integrated in Ecuador, at one time.
Who said we didn't speak Spanish? I don't think you understand the video. Frank was already speaking Spanish at the Mercados after three months to be able to negotiate and get the local price. We knew Spanish and preferred to speak only Spanish with the locals. Yes, we were completely integrated into society living on a local level that's because we wanted the authentic experience and we maintained that throughout our 8 years of living in Ecuador.
Tubers are in the business of making money. When they have a travel channel they have to tell viewers what they want to hear. That's just reality. Tubers will of course give a bunch of altruistic reasons...but viewers demand that too.
There are a few expat Tubers who for years said Ecuador was great, told people to buy property, then pretty quietly decided to try another country for "a change". Now telling anyone willing to listen how great their new place is and everyone should buy property there.
There are also many Tubers who have never even been in the country they push. They just use video clips they find online or buy. Easy, lots of viewers.